Mindful Communication  Coach

French, from France, how did I end up in Atlanta so far from home? 

I followed the wave… or an offer to take off from the cozy nest of my parents and explore  everything new. The offer came from Le Jardin Francais, a floral designer who got a contract with The  Four Season Hotel in Atlanta. I already spoke English not entirely because I studied it at school! But  because at 21, it was “obvious” to me that I would never succeed professionally if I did not speak  English so London was the destination and provided real life training. 

In 2007, I said “Yes” to the U.S. experience, my boss had made me come all the way from France,  welcomed me in her house, gave me so much support and comfort, how could I say “No” to anything  requested? 

After burying myself under work for months, resenting my boss, being exhausted and frustrated, I had  a Ah-ha moment, I did not have to say “Yes” to everything… 

That is when I started to take better care of myself, I started Hiking with the Atlanta Outdoor club which gave  me a great sense of adventure and freedom. I discovered that Freedom is one of my strong needs. So on the roads of United States I went for four months, going from one state to another, sleeping on  strangers coaches, following my intuition and living in the present moment, no-one to say “Yes” or  “No” to except myself. 

Low on finances I jumped back into work for a few months and had to stop again as the need for  Freedom was screaming inside my body again. It became clear to me that I needed to balance my life  between work and resting/discovery time.  

A Yoga training in India was the exciting idea! That is when my taste for teaching got spiced up.  

Back to Atlanta, I was now a Yoga Teacher in studios, schools and gyms. Great for my sense of  freedom not so much for finances. That is when I started a four years journey with Living Foods  Institute (where I met Lana Gelb). I worked in the administrative department, but my desire to teach  was still big so I started teaching there… Yoga? Nope, Mindful Communication!  

My Mantra: “Follow your highest excitement, to the best of your ability, with zero expectation on the outcome!”

Why was I teaching Mindful Communication? Well, life takes some unexpected turns sometimes that  are painful but makes us grow. Without going into too many details of my private life, let’s put it this  way: I wanted something that my partner did not want to give me right away and I pushed him out of  my life. Simplified but basically true. Then the sad realization that he was not wrong, brought me to a  self exploration and to the study and training in France and the US of Non-Violence Communication  (NVC) which gave me the keys to reconnect with my “numbed” self. Yes numbed I was, I had lost  myself into pleasing everyone and forgot the most important person in my life along the way, Me!  

Mindful Communication as I like to call it became a passion, improving the quality of connection with  family, friends and mostly with my self. When I apply the principles of NVC, my relationships are fluid  and I manage to speak my truth while respecting others. I learned to say “yes” to myself. My intention was always to contribute to the well being of others (by all means, I was avoiding  conflict). Now I help others create harmony and peace so missed while respecting myself which  makes all the difference in my world.  

MINDFUL COMMUNICATION, supports conscious living by providing practical tools for:  

• Connecting with our own inner truth and values  
• Listening compassionately to others  
• Expressing ourselves in a way that will support us in feeling heard and understood    
• Strengthening relationships with family members, friends and colleagues
• Transforming anger and conflict into trust and cooperation  
• Building communities and life serving systems based on compassionate giving and receiving
• Contributing to the kind of world we all want to live in!